Those mishaps and reports of heavy drinking and pot-smoking helped create a media nightmare for him.

“Some of the best people or easiest people to speak to is a shrink or whoever — the Americans call them shrinks — someone you have never met before,” Harry said. “You sit down on the sofa and say, ‘Listen, I don’t actually need your advice. Can you just listen?’ And you just let it all rip.”

Gordon, the Telegraph journalist, has also shared her own experiences dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression.